Satish directs Mtech Ventures where he leads technology commercialization efforts at UMD. He works with faculty and graduate students to move innovations from the lab to the market place. The UMD incubator has graduated over 120 technology startups over the last 30 years including several successful exits via NASDAQ. He also manages the Chesapeake Bay Seed Capital Fund on behalf of the Maryland Department of Natural resources by investing in companies that improve the water quality in the Bay.

Satish has a background in private equity and technology infrastructure investments for AIG’s Asian Infrastructure Funds ($2 Billion) where he directed over $500 million investments in technology companies in China, India, and Far Eastern emerging markets. Satish also founded US-Asia Ventures, a company that structured and funded cross-border investment opportunities in Asia and the US. He previously worked in satellite communications for INTELSAT where he managed R&D projects for on-board satellite switched TDMA systems. His prior background is in semiconductor fabrication for Texas Instruments. He has a Batchelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from GW
University, and Master’s in Engineering Management from Stanford University. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.